Improvement in bumiig-geae foe wheeled vehicles



TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCEEN:

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IMPROVEMENT In sentiments Pon wussten VEHICLES.

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Beit known that I, W. C. COQK, of Appleton, in the county of Outagamie,and State of l/Visconsin,have invented a new and improved Running-.GearforWheeled Vehicles; and I'do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, 'hud exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, vreference being had to theaccompanyingA drawings, forming part of'this specification. Y i

This invention consists in a. novel construction and arrangement ofgearing for wheeled vehicles, whereby a vehicle may be turned within amuch smaller compassthan usual. In the accompanying sheet of drawings-Figure 1 is a side sectional View of my invention, taken in the line :cm, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top View of the same.

Similar letters ofA reference indicate corresponding parts. v

A represents the front', and'B the rear axle of a wheeledvehicle, and CC represent hounds, which are back in curved form, so as to graduallyapgproach each other, and connected at thcirrear ends by metal plates, aa, plates forming a bearingfor the front part of the reach E, whichpasses between them, the front axle. The frontvpart of the reach has astaple, b, attached to it, which is segment-bar, c, the ends of whichare rmly secured .to the hounds. x end of the reach, and at the sametime forms a connection between th EX is attached to the rear axle B, bymeans Yof' a central bolt, Vo3, in attached to thefront axleA'ofrwheelerd vehicles, and by thi s1ar1'angement it will he seen thatin cramping or turning the vehicle, both axles are allowed to turn, andas the front axle, A, turns from a centre considerably at its rear, thecentre, being the centre aX of al circle, of which the segment-bar cis aportion, the rehicle may be turned within a much smaller compass thanusual; This will be fully understood by referring to iig. 2. I designVto have the stakes Gr'constructed of malleable cast iron, and secured tothe holsters by a single bolt,j`, as shown clearly in 5g. ,3. By thismeans strong stakes are obtained, and they are 'firmly attached 'to thebolsters without diminishing the strength of the same, as is the casewith the wooden stakes framed into the. bolsters, the mortises in thelatter toreceive the tenons of the'stakes, rendering the endsof theholsters very weak, so that they are liable to split.l 4

I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination ofthe reach E with the hounds C C of the front axle,'the'bcaringplates a a, at the rearof the hounds, the pivoted rear axleB, and the segment-bar c, with the front end of the reach connected fortheV purpose set forth.

leach 'by a single bolt, f, arranged and and extends nearly to fittedand works on a e front and rear axles. The rear bolster 2, Theconstruction of metal stakes G, secured to the holsters, appliedsubstantially as shown and described. g

' W. C.. COOK.

Witnesses i JAMES RYAN, M. H.y LYoN.

which are secured to their upper and lower surfaces, said This bar eserves as a guide for the front the same way as the front bolster Fis

